
Something to stay awake for
By Mark Ryan

Something to stay awake forMar 21, 2021

Erode the ruin
Taken by the sea. A choice, if not blurred in the depths of despair, is a choice regardless.
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Gravitate to grief
Making sense of loss, both the actual and the imagined. Each one hurts a certain way.
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You hurt me like no other
That soul, that voice, the love; the enemy and the lover. The Satan, the opponent....the one.
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Stain
A loss can stain a heart, a soul, a life. No matter how hard we scrub, it will never be clean. Sometimes those that haunt us, can send us mad.
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Turn of the tide
When death lingers on the horizon, angels come splashing to show the needs of others might be greater than our own.
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Grace & Josh
Kids can be cruel, but sometimes revenge is required to balance the scales. But to what degree?
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Troll
Trolls, not the small friendly ones, but those that require a warning. The villagers will yell 'troll' when they are near, but it's up to you to get to safety.
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Story by Harley Holland

The Woods
Through the woods is quicker, and in some parts so beautiful.
Yet there is talk of something within that is not so kind to those travellers looking for a short cut.
Is it worth the risk?
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Eiko's story
Eiko Tanaka recalls how she came to loose her sight after an encounter with an old woman. An encounter that everyone else would say was with the Wandering Witch.
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BEGIN: Something to stay awake for
Eiko loves stories. The fantastical, the bizarre, the creepy and the strange. She used to like reading them herself, but after her own frightening encounter, now she listens to them read to her by her granddaughter Nanoko.
Here are the tales sent to her from around the world, that bury into her ear.
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